Augustin Marre

Augustin Marre (16 November 1853 - 7 September 1927) was a French Roman Catholic Archbishop, and Trappist abbot.

Auguste Marre was born in Goutrens, Département Aveyron and entered the Trappist Abbey "The Desert", receiving St. Augustine of Hippo as his new name in religion.

1876, still a novice, he joined the group of monks who refounded Igny Abbey.

[1] Marre also had a seat in the city council of Arcis-le-Ponsart, Département Marne, beginning in 1881.

[2] In 1900, he was elevated to the episcopacy, being made Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Reims under Archbishop Cardinal Benoît-Marie Langénieux.